Prescription Drug Abuse in Kentucky

Published January 1, 2013

Prescription Drug Abuse in Kentucky – A brief video featuring the stories of Sarah Shay and Savannah Kissick, two girls from Morehead, Ky. who died of prescription drug overdoses. (Music: Kevin MacLeod)

LETTER: Suggestions to help prevent another Newtown

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

Declare victory in the War on Drugs; release all who are in prison on drug charges when no act of violence was committed; treat drug addiction as a disease, not a crime; focus on apprehending, convicting and imprisoning people who commit or who aid and …
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Heroin, other drugs top police concerns

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

Marion Police, with help from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Marion County Sheriff's Office, executed three search warrants and made 14 drug-related arrests on a Friday morning in August. Charges included trafficking in cocaine and heroin. Drugs …
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What's Wrong With Marijuana?

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

There are some significant differences between the marijuana teens and young adults use today and what their parents used. The levels of delta-9 thc have multiplied from less than 1 … Long term, the cannabis user risks triple the likelihood of …
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